House Speaker Mike Hubbard, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh speak during a November 2011 press conference announcing their agenda to create jobs during the 2012 legislative session.

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Top lawmakers in the Alabama Legislature said Thursday that more people voting in the Uniontown municipal election than there are voting age people is a prime example of why the state needs to fight voter fraud.

House Speaker Mike Hubbard, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh and Senate Majority Leader Jabo Waggoner said the voting pattern in Uniontown, with a population of 1,775 according to the latest census, was suspicious. The town has 2,587 registered voters, according to a report in the Tuscaloosa News.

About 125 percent of the voting age population in the town voted on Tuesday and 45 ...